New Haven County Residents Directory

New Haven County has around 860,000 residents and is the third most populated county in Connecticut. The New Haven County residents directory gives you a way to search public records for people who live in New Haven, Waterbury, Hamden, Meriden, Milford, and the many other towns in this area. You can look up court cases, check voter registration, search professional licenses, and find business filings through free state databases. Most of the tools you need to search for someone in New Haven County are online and open to the public at no cost.

New Haven County Court Records Search

Court records are a key piece of the New Haven County residents directory. Three judicial districts serve the area: the New Haven Judicial District, the Ansonia-Milford Judicial District, and the Waterbury Judicial District. All three districts handle civil, family, and criminal matters for the towns in their area. Case data from all of them feeds into the statewide search system, so you can look up any New Haven County resident without knowing which court handled their case.

The Case Look-Up tool is the main search portal for court records. It is run by the Connecticut Judicial Branch and is free for anyone to use. You can search by party name to find civil, family, housing, and small claims cases across the state. If someone in New Haven County has been part of a court case, it will show up here. Results include the case type, filing date, court location, and case status.

The state also runs a criminal convictions search. This tool shows people who have been found guilty of criminal charges. You can search by name to find convictions for New Haven County residents. Under CGS Section 1-200, the Freedom of Information Act makes these records open to the public. There is no fee and no login required.

The Case Look-Up system is one of the fastest ways to find public records on a New Haven County resident. It covers years of case data and is updated as new filings come in.

New Haven County License Records

Professional license data adds a lot to the New Haven County residents directory. The eLicense system covers more than 850 credential types issued by Connecticut. You can search by name, license type, or city. New Haven, Waterbury, and other towns in this county have large numbers of licensed professionals in health care, construction, real estate, and other fields. All of this data is free to search and kept in real time.

Under CGS Section 19a-14, the state is required to keep public profiles on all physicians. These profiles show background details, felony records, and disciplinary actions. If you want to find a doctor in New Haven County, this tool gives you their full public record. The eLicense system pulls from over a dozen state agencies, which makes it one of the broadest search tools available for the New Haven County residents directory.

License records often give you a person's name, business address, and credential status. This makes them useful for confirming where someone works in New Haven County.

Note: The eLicense database is a primary source of verification, meaning the data is official and current.

Find Voters in New Haven County

Voter registration records are part of the New Haven County residents directory. The voter registration lookup from the Secretary of the State lets you check if someone is registered to vote in a New Haven County town. You need the person's town, last name, first name, and date of birth to run the search. Under CGS Section 9-23g, voter rolls are public records maintained by each town.

Connecticut allows same-day voter registration. That means the rolls get updated often, especially around election dates. The pre-election registration cutoff is 18 days before Election Day. After that, voters can register and vote on the same day at their town's same-day location. For the New Haven County residents directory, voter data confirms that a person is registered in a specific town, which helps verify where they live.

Voter records are a quick check. They don't give you a full address, but they do tell you which town a person is registered in.

New Haven County Vital Records

Vital records are another source for the New Haven County residents directory. Birth, death, and marriage records are kept by each town clerk. The state Department of Public Health also keeps statewide copies at 410 Capitol Avenue in Hartford. Under CGS Section 7-51, access to some vital records depends on your relationship to the person named. But these records still confirm basic life events for New Haven County residents.

Each town in New Haven County has its own clerk who can issue certificates for events that took place in their town. Hours and fees vary. The state office has walk-in hours on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Phone help is available at (860) 509-7700. For older records or special cases, the Probate Court case lookup covers wills, estates, and guardianships that can help trace family connections in New Haven County.

Business Records in New Haven County

Business filings are a practical part of the New Haven County residents directory. The Business Records Search lets you look up any entity on file with the state. Results show the business name, principal, registered agent, date formed, and address. If someone in New Haven County owns or runs a business, there is a good chance their name is in this database.

New Haven County has a strong mix of businesses. The city of New Haven is a major center for health care and education. Waterbury has manufacturing and service businesses. Milford and Hamden have retail and professional service firms. Many of these business filings list the home address of sole proprietors and LLC members, which makes them useful for finding people in the New Haven County residents directory. The search is free and open to everyone.

• Search by business name, ALEI number, or filing number
• Results include principal name and registered agent
• Business addresses often match a person's home address
• Over 360,000 small businesses are registered in Connecticut

New Haven County Criminal History

The free court databases handle most criminal record needs for the New Haven County residents directory. For a full certified check, the State Police Bureau of Identification manages formal requests under CGS Section 29-161a. A state check costs $75 and a federal check is $13.25. Fingerprinting by the State Police adds $15. All requests must go through U.S. mail only to 1111 Country Club Road in Middletown.

Under CGS Section 54-142a, the Clean Slate law erases certain past offenses from the system. This means some criminal records for New Haven County residents may no longer appear in search results. The law took effect in 2019 and applies to eligible offenses that meet specific criteria. The inmate search from the Department of Correction is a separate tool that shows people currently in state custody.

New Haven County Regional Resources

Connecticut eliminated county governments in 1960. New Haven County has no county offices. All public records sit at the state or town level. Two regional councils of governments serve this area: the South Central Regional Council of Governments and the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments. These groups handle regional planning and can point you to local data sources for a New Haven County people search.

The Judicial Branch public records directory lists every free database in the state. This is a useful bookmark for anyone who regularly searches the New Haven County residents directory. It links to court records, business filings, license lookups, and more from one page.

Note: Since Connecticut has no county government, all record requests go to either the state agency or the town clerk in the relevant New Haven County town.

New Haven County Cities Directory

New Haven County has 11 towns and cities with their own pages in the residents directory. Each page has local search resources and details about record keepers in that area.

Nearby Counties

Need to search for people outside New Haven County? These neighboring counties have their own residents directory pages with local resources.